21 Sep
2014
21 Sep
'14
5:15 p.m.
On 9/21/14 4:06 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Anyone really interested in a DIY Kyroflux-like
device? I suspect that given the speed of today's MCUs, one might also handle ST506
interface drives.
Yes. But this seems like something that never actually gets done, along with a whole
class
of things like pre-QIC 1/4" tape imaging. It's a perennial topic that never gets
any closure.
The problem is it requires a lot of knowledge of the low-level formats, and people seem
to
want read/write devices (I personally could care less for the most part about writing old
media).